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I've not had the opportunity to test the robustness of the oil paint finish on my test spoon but I am very optimistic that it will be tough because: (1) there are more 400 year old oil paintings left in the world than films from the 1920s and (2) I've tried various types of paint on my diving fins - which have a very hard life - and the toughest by far was oil-based exterior house paint (the distant runner up was enamel paint, acrylic paint did surprisingly poorly).

BTW If you put masking tape around the stem, you'll get a crisp edge - if you like that.